Latest On CalFire's Battle To Keep The King Fire From Jumping Highway 50

A Cal Fire firefighter checks his cell-phone from atop the helipad overlooking the King Fire.

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Hundreds more people have been evacuated due to a rapidly expanding wildfire near the El Dorado County community of Pollock Pines. The U.S Forest Service says 2,100 people have now been evacuated due to the King Fire, which grew by more than 5,000 acres to 18,500 acres overnight.